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Last year was another solid year for movies! Some might say it was one of the best years. It feels like overall quality has risen. There is more pressure to deliver big and strong, consistently, to make sequels. And some of these sequels are pushing the bar in the best possible way.

War For The Planet Of The Apes, Blade Runner 2049 and Logan all ended up on my best of the year list. Thor: Ragnarok and The Lego Batman Movie were outstanding, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Star Wars: The Last Jedi were pretty decent. Transformers: The Last Knight was reliably Michael Bay. I ended up skipping Justice League and The Dark Tower which is too bad because I had so much hope for them.

Honourable Mention) Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2

I was worried the first movie would be filled with too many awful "gamer culture" jokes that bombed. Basically, I was worried it would be Pixels. But it wasn't, it was really well-animated, funny and heartfelt, like Shrek. Can't wait to count the injokes in this, but I hope it won't be overkill.

10) Isle of Dogs

This original stop-motion tale from Wes Anderson about a misfit pack on an island full of dogs looks nicely, charmingly odd.

9) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

I have not been this excited for a Spider-Man film in over a decade. (I have heard Homecoming was pretty good though.) The style and the animation look super refreshing.

8) The Incredibles 2

The first movie was a wonderfully melded family/superhero/comedy. With Brad Bird returning, can't wait to see what growing pain issues he will explore next.

7) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

I was not expecting the previous film to be as good as it was. I really like the disaster-movie direction they're taking this in.

6) The New Mutants

The trailer for this film gave me chills. An X-Men horror movie? That sounds awesome!

5) First Man

Ryan Golsing stars as Neil Armstrong, in a biopic about his historic moon landing from the Director of La La Land.

4) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

I was surprised by how much I loved the first film. A natural step up for adults who've grown up reading the Harry Potter books. With a bigger cast and more ambitious settings, I am all in for this.

3) Ready Player One

The older Spielberg gets, the more divisive the content of his work seems to get. 5 years ago, I received a copy of this book in a goody bag. I ripped through it and loved its celebration of geekery. It is a nice juxtaposition of nostalgia and near-future. It has been interesting to read the backlash in the lead up to the movie's release. I hope Spielberg can add some depth and likability, maybe it will be too easy to get lost in the visuals.

2) Deadpool 2

Deadpool was a long-gestating gamble that paid off. Funny and with a good heart. I am super excited to finally see this on the big screen.

1) Avengers: Infinity War

The last decade of Marvel movies has all been leading to this. Heroes will die. Emotions will run high. This was originally going to be two movies, so I am excited knowing that no matter what happens, this isn't even the final form.

12 years ago, the great Johnny Carson passed away, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith premiered and Hurricane Katrina rolled through the Gulf Coast. In a little corner in Kingston, Ontario, I signed up on Rooster Teeth.com.

12 years later, The Tonight Show still misses Carson, there is a new Star Wars coming out and many are recovering from Hurricanes Harvey and Maria.

In a little corner in Whistler, BC, I am writing this.

In twelve years, I have seen friends pass, others gotten married and had kids, company's bought, partnerships forged, new entities arisen. Writing that out really made me realize how I have grown, reacting to all the fun or turmoil life brings.

And yet, I still believe one of the biggest benefits to the community comes from encouraging, not hindering, upcoming members. I am always on the lookout for the future. For emerging folks full of fire and lightning, who might be interested in getting involved. Supporting the future is a vital part of making the future better.

I am glad to see advancing positions I advocated for years. We need a bigger, dedicated web dev team, we need to seriously re-examine this website, we need to have people who have successfully done this before involved, we need to not ignore websites with tremendous community presence, we need to maintain the bridges of dialogue in order to cross into paths of progress.

If I had posted my list last year it would’ve looked like this: Ghostbusters, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Moana, X-Men: Apocalypse, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: Rogue One, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Captain America: Civil War, Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice in that order. I enjoyed Ghostbusters, Fantastic Beasts, Moana, Rogue One. Thought Doctor Strange, Deadpool and Civil War were outstanding. I heard Apocalypse was meh. Suicide Squad and BvsS certainly were. Remember when all sequels used to suck? I'm happy to know they've cracked the code but then as now I wish there were more original films and less sequels.

10) War For The Planet Of The Apes

Rare for a franchise reboot to take off the way this one has, pushing how technology can tell stories. Where will Cesar's story take us next?

9) Justice League

Suicide Squad was masterful marketing. Wish it had paid off. Cool concept, good cast, but characters didn’t add up and story was confusing as hell. Hope they learn from their mistakes or I’m done with DC movies. Surely this one is took big to fail...?

8) Blade Runner 2049

Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting directors alive. After attracting attention with Arrival, he dove right back into sci-fi with a sequel to one of the most renowned of all time. Hopefully it works out better than Tron: Legacy.

7) Thor: Ragnarok

It wasn’t until I saw Thor that I truly felt what was Marvel was trying to do. The last sequel wasn’t bad by any means but it felt a little "safe." Hopefully, this can continue their high level of quality while upping the stakes.

6) The Dark Tower

This has been in development hell for a while, with a long list of great filmmakers trying to adapt it. I started reading the fantasy series by Stephen King last year. In case you haven’t heard of it, I definitely recommend it! The casting choices are awesome. Lord of the Rings Western? Sign me up!

5) Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers were part of my childhood. There’s something quite guilty about watching these movies but they have their moments, sometimes screaming gloriously back to those days. Apparently, they're investing a lot more into writing the mythology from here on out with a bunch more movies already planned. Since people will see these no matter, a little more risks would welcome.

4) The Lego Batman Movie

I’m first to admit I was wrong about my expectations for The Lego Movie. It turned out to be one of the funniest and best films of the year, one of the most originals movies in years. It killed on all levels and was robbed of an Oscar. With how dismal the current DC franchise is, the humour and crazy colourful creativity is all the more welcome.

3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

The first was a lot of fun. It tested what Marvel could do with a concept a little more out there and fresh and it paid off. Hope this delivers more but continues to push characters we’ve come to love.

2) Logan

The trailers are awesome! But how often have we been burned by good-looking trailers? I was lucky to see the first act of this and if the rest is HALF as good, it could seriously be the best of the X-MEN franchise. I don’t think most people are going to expect the darker tone.

1) Star Wars Episode VIII

It doesn’t get any bigger! I don’t envy the task for those involved. The expectations are massive. JJ Abrams set up a decent foundation for the new trilogy. But now its time to spread its swings. May the force be with them.

Today marks my 11th anniversary as a member of the Rooster Teeth Community.

I want to be completely honest with you about something. I wasn’t going to talk about this in here originally. Fear. People don’t like talking about it. And despite starting this way, I want to assure you, it is not the theme today. Keep reading.

I used to fear “the bridge”. That one day I’ll be too busy for this community, for friends, for all the causes I’m involved with, and I would cross that bridge when I came to it. I don’t fear that now. Because I realized it was a fear of my own creation. With all the changes in my own life I don’t see myself abandoning here. It’s changed but it’s also changed me. You helped change me.

I made great, new friends in the past year and I have been insanely lucky to have seen great friendships grow over the past 11 years. Some of you reading this read similar journals of mine going back a decade now. That commitment means so much. Seriously. I have never felt stronger about those in the RT community, my friends and the next generation. It’s no secret I’m an advocate for newer members. There’s youth and optimism thanks to you and our community’s future is affected by how we treat you, what kind of a home are you stepping into.

What kind of a home are you stepping into? I find I want to know, now more than ever, what newer users are thinking about this site, this community. It is why I check in every possible moment, read, comment, message. I care about what's new. How or why are things different? What can you do? If history has taught me anything in the past few years, it’s never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. The community here has always been very good at articulating when things go against the norm. We are protective and we want accountability. And we could be facing an RT revolution at some point.

I won’t sit here and say there isn’t fear. There is. And now more than ever we need to make a stand. If we know what’s wrong, we can help change it. So let’s talk. I’ll do what I can. I’m not going until I’m done. It is the least

Because I want to say, here's to 11 more years. I want to make it happen.

I've been inactive from the site/events for about two years while I focused on my personal life (getting married, making friends, visiting family, etc.) and when I came back the community site is in an alarming state.

I understand that it's being worked on, but now that regular members are being treated the same as nonmembers and the community parts of the site are... well broken? What's the point of even getting a membership if you don't want to be a sponsor?

Objectively, the community site is broken. Look at your own profile. Nobody is adding games, nobody is adding achievements, nobody is adding tv shows or interests, and that's just the basic profile!

There's no way to find or see journals if you don't follow someone, you can't reply to replies, the forum is mostly the same, but has navigation issues.

I mean, THERE'S NO OVERWATCH! How was I able to add overwatch to the list before anyone else and I've been gone for 2 years?

This is very disturbing and upsetting since we had such an awesome community (which three of the current faces were hired from I might add) and now it seems to be neglected.

I thought Burnie's stance on having a "home" on the internet meant that this place was a priority, but with the recent changes it seems like we're just sneeches that they want to print stars on.

But hey, I've been gone for 2 years, and all I have to go on is the few people I know that are still active and what they've told me, so maybe it's not a big deal and yall are working really hard to #MakeRTCommunityGreatAgain or something. I really hope that's it, but if the community isn't a high priority, please pass along my sentiments or let me know who I should, because this is really just upsetting.

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ClairBear89FIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

2 years ago

You are my team lead Mr. Count3D. Can't wait to be helpful and work hard!

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DannyFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold
Roo Teeth

2 years ago

It's been Awesome working under you as a Guardian and helping making RTX AU great. enjoy what ever time you have left in Australia.

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Cheshire_CatFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold
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Hey Dominic! @Johannah and I just wanted to say thanks for hanging out at Podogs last night Had an awesome time and t'was a pleasure to hang out with you and everyone else! Stay classy

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ZackFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold
Zatch

4 years ago

Dom! We've been friends on the site for soooo long. I was glad to finally see you at RTX last year! And I also enjoyed listening to your guest appearance on the RT Podcast which was so long ago in reality, but not that long ago for me as a listener. Hope to see you at the next RTX! And maybe for a longer time! Keep up the good work that you do as Site Admin. Now that I'm mod, I really appreciate it a lot more--since I have seen a glimpse of what you guys deal with.

HELLO COUNT3D ..I HAVE THIS BUG IN SLEEPING DOGS .. ITS ABOUT THE <OPEN}EVENTS.. I KNOW I DID THEM ALL BUT I MESSED UP 2 EVENTS BY KIKING THEM BEFORE I GET ,THE CHALLENGE COMPLETE, THEY WONT SHOWUP AGAIN < DAY OR NIGHT> DOES NO MATTER .. CAN THERE BE ANY CONTACT WITH PUBLISHER OR SOMETHING THAT THEY PUT AN UPDATE IN THIS GAME.. PLEAS HELP.

Hey is their anyway i could change my Username? I would like to change it just to "Nathan"

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death390FIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

5 years ago

hello im reporting a bug that you should know about. did not know who to send this to and could not find a report problems button or anything, yet you are able to view content that is not out yet. i watched glacticraft part 3 already without realizing it was not out by waiting till the end of the free skate game nite video. it lets you navigate to other videos after and i saw it in the lineup. figured i should tell someone but like i said could not find a way to report it.

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MissZahrahFIRST Member Star(s)Indication of membership status - One star is a FIRST member, two stars is Double Gold

Hi there,I'm Telaniel, from deviantART. We talked a while back about the RTX auction, and one of my artworks being part of it, and I was wondering how the auction went.I couldn't seem to get a hold of you on deviantART, and since I'm not sure there'll be anymore update about it on sidequest I'd really love to know what went down.Did my artwork sell okay ? How much did it go for ?

if there's someone else i should send this message to or somewhere else i should put messages like this please let me know but here:during first person let's plays (halo, minecraft, the ship) it'd be nice if there was a translucent color coded overlay around the edge of the screen so you know immediately who's screen you're looking at without having to glance at the top left corner every few seconds. For example, Geoff always picks orange armor so have a see through orange border around the screen and jack picks green armor so have a green border when you switch to jack's screen.

hey, I'm sorry to bother you for something so tiny but now that I'm using the site more often, i just realized my birthday is wrong by one year and should be September 19, 1994 and i'd love for that to be corrected. just wanted to ask an admin about it! thank you so much!